Doctor in the house gives Luis Suárez chance of conquering his demons

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Peters will use some of the methods on Suárez that helped BellamyTimes photographer,Paul Currie

Tony Barrett

Last updated at 12:01AM, April 24 2013

Liverpool’s psychiatrist plans to transform Uruguayan’s mindset without losing the edge to his game that makes him world-class

As soon as Luis Suárez sank his teeth into Branislav Ivanovic’s arm on Sunday,
an inevitable chain of events occurred featuring everything from outrage and
contrition to punishment and introspection. The other certainty was that the
idea would be floated that his irrational behaviour could be corrected by Dr
Steve Peters, Liverpool’s in-house psychiatrist.

Only the Professional Footballers’ Association missed that particular trick,
offering anger management counselling to Suárez to counteract the kind of
actions that Gabriel Gutiérrez, the former Uruguay national team
psychologist, has described as “compulsive” and “not conscious”. If the
26-year-old is seeking that kind of help,